Varanasi accident: MD of UP Setu Corporation removed, Chief Engineer JK Srivastava charged

Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya tweeted that Mittal has been freed from the immediate effect of the post of MD. Maurya also has Public Works Department. Maurya said that Chief Engineer JK Shrivastav has been made the new MD of Setu Corporation in Public Works Department.

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Lucknow : In the matter of falling a part of the flyover in Varanasi, the Uttar Pradesh government today removed Raj Thackeray's managing director Rajan Mittal. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya tweeted that Mittal has been freed from the immediate effect of the post of MD. Maurya also has Public Works Department. Maurya said that Chief Engineer JK Shrivastav has been made the new MD of Setu Corporation in the Public Works Department. There was talk of Mittal since the fallover of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency elections in Varanasi on Tuesday.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had formed a three-member committee to investigate the incident, which was asked to submit the report in 48 hours. Sutu Corporation 2261 meter long bridge was being constructed at a cost of Rs 129 crore.

Four officers suspended after the incident

Shortly after the incident, the government had suspended four officials of the corporation, who were watching the construction work of the bridge in Varanasi. Meanwhile, allegations and allegations between the local administration and the agency getting contract for construction of the flyovers in Varanasi The district police alleged that the Uttar Pradesh Setu Corporation did not take care of security standards. The District Police is the FIR against the officials of the SETU Corporation.

Senior Superintendent of Police RK Bharadwaj said that during inspection of the construction site, the builders were not following the safety standards. They had neither imposed barriers nor made service lanes. Against the officials of the Corporation, an FIR was lodged in February also.

Rajan Mittal, managing director of the corporation, however, denied the allegations of the police and said that he has five letters which were written between SP, 2017 and March 2018 from November 2018, in which to remove traffic and remove encroachment from the area. Was asked for.

The agency was working 24 hours

Mittal said, "In meetings held with local administration, we have expressed our concern over the frequent traffic and it can be seen from the minutes of the proceedings of the meeting." He said that the first thing was that the traffic should not have been allowed in that area. All the officers in the district knew about how traffic is there and how the problem of jam is. The project was being monitored at every level as the agency was working 24 hours.

Mittal says seeing impairment due to bearings failures

Asked how the accident happened, Mittal said that it seems that due to 'bearing failure' this happened. Damage to bearings possibly in storm storms a few days ago. It should have been seen at the local level after the storm.

Police said that the agency working for the purpose should have staffed the traffic regulation and if they could not do it then the police should have urged it. Mittal said that the staff of the agency was employed at the time of casting, which was till February and they do not know when and when the order was removed from the staff.

FIRs have been registered in Sigra police station against staff engaged in construction work.

After the flyover collapsed, the police has registered an FIR against the officials of the corporation, supervisory officers, contractors and staff engaged in construction work in Sigra police station.Mittal said that after the Varanasi incident, he has created 11 teams in all the zones. These teams will carry out security checks of each bridge, flyover and road overbridge and will check them on quality standards. After this, submit your report in five days.

Meanwhile, Secretary General of the UP Engineers Association SS Niranjan said that after reaching the conclusion of all the aspects of the accident including administrative and police defaults, any conclusion should be reached.